Blair Pettersson announced her appointment via Twitter and said she was “looking forward to working closely with the incredible UK indie community”.

Stoneman added: “I’m thrilled to have Lucy join our Spotify UK team. Very excited to see what we can achieve in our ongoing partnership with all you wonderful UK indie folk.”

Blair Pettersson joined The Orchard in May 2016 as the company expanded its European HQ. She had oversight for both UK and pan-European sales and marketing efforts at digital and physical retail, as well as managing digital retail relationships across Europe.